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. it's a beautiful crisp saturday morning in washington, d.c. as the capital prepares for barack obama's second inauguration as president of the united states. >> once every four years this fiercely political town briefly sets us up part shn ship. welcome. i'm rebecca jarvis. >> i'm anthony may sis. here's what's coming un.
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the majesty of the inauguration and what those first few moments may tell us about the next four years. >> we'll also remember a great american whose legacy is being celebrated today with the national day of service. 50 years after he led a march on washington. we'll discuss the dreams of reverend martin luther king jr. >> i have a dream that one day this nation will rise up live up to the meaning. >> martin luther king iii joins us. we'll find out what the white house is like for sasha and malia obama and those other rare americans who spent their childhood there. and as the mo town legend smokey robinson prepares for the president, he sits down with us to explain why this inauguration is personal. ♪ and we'll be free ♪ >> that and so much more on "cbs
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this morning saturday," january 19th, 2013. captioning funded by cbs wow. what a gorgeous sunrise, eh? >> stunning backdrop. >> you couldn't ask for anything better. >> it's an exciting morning leading to washington's two-day event. joe biden's official swearing in is at 8:15 a.m. eastern time and then the possible will take the oath of office in the white house blue room. >> 20 hours later comes the ceremonial swearing in of the president at the capitol. that's followed immediately by his inaugural address. that's shortly after 2:30 in the afternoon mr. obama introduces the troops and the inauguration
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begins at 6:00. let's get you caught up. we begin with the continuing hostage crisis at the norway gas plant in the remote corner of the algerian desert. hundreds have been freed. it's unclear how many more remain captive. at least one american has been found dead. he's identified from cady, texas. it's not clear how he died. let's get the latest from charlie d'agata in our london bureau. charlie charlie, good morning. >> g the hostage picture is still murky. at least 20 workers remain unaccounted for. as you informed one american has been killed. it is also thought other americans are still among the missing. these are the workers who managed to escape in the chaos of the algerian desert.
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they shuttled the survivors of the bloody rescue attempt to nearby hospitals. >> they are taking care of us. we're lucky we're still alied. >> freed edd victims say they tracked them down. they said you have nothing do with this. we only want the foreigners. the al qaeda linked group behind the siege led by mokhtar belmokhtar claims the americans are still being held. they offered to trade them for two terrorists in the ugs, an offer immediately rejected by washington. secretary of state hillary clinton urged the algerian government to take maximum care to ensure the safety of the remaining hostages. >> this is an act of terror. the perpetrators are the terrorists. it is absolutely essential that while we work to resolve this
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particular terrible situation, we continue to broaden and deepen our counterterrorism cooperation. >> we've also heard reports this morning that algerian forces have found the burnt bodies of 15 victims at the gas plant. it's too early to identify if they're the bodies of hostages attackers, or both. anthony? >> all right. charlie d'agata in london. thank you, charlie. disgraced cyclist lance armstrong's extended confession to oprah winfrey about using ee illicit drugs for years wrapped up last people that supported me and believed in me and they got lied to. >> part two of lance armstrong's conversation with oprah winfrey focused more on his personal
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life and the impact of his lies on those closest to him. >> i saw my son defending me. i said don't defend me anymore. some kid says something, do not defend me. just say, hey, my dad said he was sorry. >> but sorry may not be enough. for many armstrong's confession opened up a host of other questions. how were these drugs obtained? how were they distributed? how were they carried across state lines? bill string land has been covering bicycling for two decades. he thinks the cycling world wants more. >> we got a lot of it. it was big for armstrong to admit to that much but now we need details. >> those could comfy armstrong testifies before doping officials or in one of the
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numerous lawsuits former sponsors are now threatening to file. for cbv this morning saturday carter evans, los angeles. notre dame football star manti te'o is speaking elaborately now. he said he had no role in the bizarre story. he said he had been duped by an acquaintance who has since apologized to him. the story about his girlfriend and her death was widely publicized as notre dame went on to the national championship earlier this month. the fighting irish had not been in a title hunt since 1993. former major who gave voice to hurricane katrina has been indicted on corruption charges. he face 2/1 charges. he's accused of taking more than $200,000 in payoffs in zhanch for awarding millions of dlars in work for the city.
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house republicans are putting forth a plan. they're proposing a three-month extension that will allow the federal government to pay its bills. but as part of the deal senate democrats must agree on a budget that addresses long-term deficit reduction. if there's no agreement in three months, republicans propose that no one in congress gets paid. and now we turn to our special presidential inauguration coverage. as washington prepares for two days of inaugural events we have the results of a new cbs/new york times poll. the pr begins his second term with a 51% approval rating. that's similar to what president bush had at the start of his second term. let's get more from white house senior correspondent bill plante who's about a mile from the white house. bill, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, rebecca. well as president obama's first term morphs into his second
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there's really no change to a jen da. but for the next couple of days a brief holiday from gridlock and a window for celebration. last-minute preparations are under way at the capitol where the president will take the oath of office and at the parade reviewing stand at the front of the white house. because the constitution says the presidential terms end at noon january 20th that's when the president is sworn in even if, like tomorrow it's on a sunday. but on monday which is also the federal holiday honorering dr. martin luther king president obama will take the oath again, make his inaugural address, and ride in the inaugural parade. four years ago an estimated 1.8 million people came to tin august rags. this year organizers expect less than half that number. >> the first inauguration was a path-breaking historic moment. expectations are much lowered for the second inaugural.
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>> reporter: but the president hopes to make his second term historic. his staff says he'll be far more aggressive as he takes on the republicans in the house over spending, gun control immigration, and tax reform. >> he's now got to be the guy in charge, the guy who inspires the american people, and who gets them behind his principles and his policies. >> reporter: but this weekend as he takes the oath on bibles which belonged to president lincoln and dr. king president obama wants to remind the nation of its traditions. >> the inauguration reminds us of the role that we have as fellow citizens in promoting a common good. >> reporter: now today is a day of service in honor of dr. king. monday, the swearing in, the celebration, and then when the party's over after the inaugural balls on monday night, it will be back to the same battles and
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the hope that it won't be just business as usual. rebecca, anthony? >> bill plante at the white house. thank you, bill. while the president's opponents are observing the traditional truths to the inauguration, can president obama hope for a new term. let's talk with debbie wassermann schultz. >> good morning. thanks for having me. >> congresswoman, let me ask you. we heard from theepublicans on extending the debt ceiling for at least a three-month period. is this any signs of hope in terms of cooperation or more maneuvering? >> i think this unfortunately more a sign that republicans realize it was horribly damaging to them to continue to jeopardize the full faith and credit of the united states. now, it still does that because they are really perpetrating colossal uncertainty by proposing only to extend the debt ceiling increase by three months. i mean in a fragile recovery like the one we have we need to
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have certainty, we need to pay our bills, and we need to send president obama a clean debt ceiling increase. >> you also will need to have a budget in place in order to come to that debt ceiling debate as the republicans have laid it out at this point and you're also going to be dealing with the deficit and all of the other issues. so are you basically saying you don't think anything's changed here? >> no. i think the republicans have realized it's a political problem and a real problem if we jeopardize the full faith and credit of the united states. i'm not sure they understand we need to pay our bills. they seem to be confused if they only proposed three months. a clean debt ceiling is the only way to go. when we get to march 2nd and the sequester deadline approaches again, we need to focus on a balanced debt ceiling focus. that's what this is about. the americans made a decision. they embrace president obama's idea that we should have revenue and closed tax loopholes for the
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wealthiest pay more and reduce spending in a balanced way. >> i think what people also hoped that they were voting for was the democrats and republicans would get in a room together and would cooperate. >> that's right. >> and what i think a lot of people are concerned are is we're not seeing that happening yet. this is supposed to be a day when we see everything reset and start over, but we have the same congress. ebb wants to know is this going to change, is there any hope for change? >> i'm full of hope. if think we have an opportunity to continue to reach across the aisle. i noe president obama and the republicans are willing to reach out. we cannot begin the second term with president obama's engaging in my way or the highway politics. we recognize that. i hope the republicans do as well. i assume this three-month extension is a realization of that. we've got to get back to number one priority of creating jobs
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and getting this economy turned around. >> the dundee bait given the timing of the newtown shooting has become a big part of what the president wants to accomplish in this term. how devisive do you think it's going to be? >> i hope it's not divisive at all. the idea that we lost 20 precious children hopefully we hear this week from the gun control task force that the democrats have put forth from the wide range of gun rights and supporters and gun control advocates. i think we need to come together as a country as president obama said and say enough. >> thank you so much for being with us this morning. >> thank you very much. president obama said recently that he likes a good party as much as anyone and he's about to get his chance. after the inauguration ceremonies, washington turns into party town.
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inaugural parties are paid for with the private donations, and big donors expect some presidential face time and possibly some favors in return. and there's no limit on how much they can give. an investigative reporter sharyl attkisson has more on that. she's at the gramd stands in front of the white house where president obama will be viewing the inaugural parade on monday. sharyl, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, rebecca. those who will be sitting here in the prime seats with the president of the united states includes big donors who paid a lot of money for those tickets and this time unlike 2009 there's no limit as to how much a individual or even corporation can give. >> taxpayers pay for the swearing in, the security, and the parade. but it's private donors who pay for all those swank inaugural balls in celebration. this time around it's estimated $40 million will be raised edd at
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the lavish parties to draw some of the biggest players in politics. and washington's bill allen says there's a reason they're willing to drop so much money. >> there's no better way to settle up and exchange business cards at an inaugural event and say we really need help with this tax break or regulation matter, and that kind of access gets you the ear of people who can make decisions and help you out. >> reporter: inaugural festivities have come a very long way since james madison charged admission to the ball at the door in 1809. nixon and carter raised 3 to $4 million. reagan, 20 million. bush and clinton, 30 million. busch 2, 40. then obama raised it. this time he did an about face in 2009 and decided to accept
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corporate money and lift all limits on how much someone can donate. big donors can buy package deals named after presidents washington, jefferson, adams, and madison with perks like bleacher seats to tin august real parade and v.i.p. reception to the candlelight celebration. >> we're very comfortable with the way we're raising money. we know we're breaking ground with limitations on lobbying and back money and we're the most transparent inaugural around. >> reporter: watchdogs argue that ordinary people don't get to rub shoulders with policy makers and the president of the united states the way they can. they say they're being fully transparent and even going so far as to post the names of the donors on the web. >> sharyl attkisson. thank you, sharyl. security is always a major concern here in washington but it's especially true when virtually the united states government and countless gathered
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for an event like this. here to tell us what's being done is senior correspondent john miller, former assistant to the director of the fbi. good morning. >> good morning. >> we heard sharyl talk about the cost of this. i'm sure security is a big cost. what are the concerns this time around? >> the concerns -- i mean let's start off with a blank slate which is right now there's no known credible threat to the event. so that's a good place to start. and i say that in the context that the last time we did this while it wasn't public and it unfolded behind the scenes, i was in the command post in the fbi where we had a very known and incredible threat unfolding, which eventually washed out. so we're starting off on a good foot here where there's nothing going on behind the scenes. and then there are the unknown threats, and they have to plan the same way whether they've got something on the front burner or not. >> what does that planning involved? what kind of preparations
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under way? >> it means everything's built in. so there's a lot of coordinating there. but you see things like heavy uniform presence in places. but then there's a lot you don't see. if you were at union station, there are behavioral detection officers mixes in the crowd looking for that person who is looking at security and maybe suddenly going the other way, and they may engage that person for an interview. you'll see the coast guard in the potomac shutting down the river during the entire time the inauguration is going on. you'll see not just bomb-sniffing dogs sniffing packages but dogs can pick up the sense of explosives who are moving through a crowd and put the handle on it. they put in all the stops an all the toys come out. >> and there's so much you don't see. >> that's right. >> how about the president's walk? how big a concern is that? >> that's always a concern.
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ever since jimmy carter has hopped out the of the car at some point. if you're with secret service, there's a lot built in the sniper team and the cat car or assault team that's right behind him, but the best part is the unpre unpredictability unpredictability. you never know when he's going do it. >> 21 minutes after the hour. now here's a look at the weather for your weekend. the secret service will be getting a little help during president obama's inaugural parade on monday. he's a little short for an agent but he's got a heart as big as
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anyone. >> reporter: nathan norman is a lively 6-year-old boy with a deadly type of brain cancer and so last september his mother dawn asked what he might want for christmas in advance just in case, and what he wanted was a few cards from police or firemen. >> why was he asking? for christmas cards from police and firefighters? >> he's 100%. to him, police firemen, military that's his heroes. >> what happened next was his wish around the world. nathan's request went viral on the internet with viral being an understatement. police, fire and military units did not just send cards. hundreds of officers every week are showing up at his lynchburg, virginia, home in person. they want to meet nathan, put their arms around nathan be arrested by nathan. the border patrol brought their drug-sniffing dogs. the secret service brought their
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bomb detection robots. 250 state troopers drove from new england to salute nathan in formation. the family still gets cards, uniformsing s uniforms, combat yards. and they tell him he is their hero for the battle he is waging. here's a boy who could have asked go to disney world and all he wanted was a card from them. virginia state trooper grew emotional describing how cops felt they had to respond to a child they could help. >> you know you see children in bad accidents that have died and stuff like that and it brings back memories. then you have a little boy like this that's dying, and you try to do what you can for them and that's it. >> reporter: part of you thought, i can help this one. >> right. the others were too late.
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>> reporter: nathan is on chemotherapy right now. he is tired a lot, but when he isn't, he likes hearing where all of this comes from. what do you think when you're wearing two secret service pins? he likes that part. he made his strongest connection during a visit with the secret service which has invited the norman family to the inauguration. the boy who only wanted cards for christmas will be in a limousine somewhere behind the president in tin august real parade. >> very inspiring story. we wish nathan well and his family too. coming up nearly 50 years ago, martin luther king jr. led the civil rights movement on washington. being recalled today with a national day of service. we'll speak with dr. king's son. and later some of the greatest inaugural speeches in history. you're watching "cbs this morning saturday."
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as we prepare for president obama's second inaugural, we're drawn to history. hard not to look forward without looking backward.
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what has it meant for the chances of success and a good term? our good friend and cbs consultant d
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the city always draws lots of tourists but washington is jam-packed this weekend. >> they're here to witness the history of the second inauguration of president barack obama and also martin luther king day. >> welcome back. i'm rebecca jarvis. >> and i'm anthony mace son. demonstration of the peaceful transfer of power as mandated by our constitution. it began with george washington
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almost two and a quarter centuries ago and while much has changed since then the essence of the event remains the same. >> i herbert george walker bush. >> there have been 46 since. there are speeches parades, and balls. but according to the u.s. constitution, the only requirement is for the president to take the oath. i do solemnly swear that i will faithfully execute the office of president of the united states and will to the best of my ability preserve protect, and defend the constitution of the united states. george washington was the first president to speak those words. his inauguration took place at federal hall in new york city on april 30th 1789. thomas jefferson was the first president sworn into office in washington, d.c., in 1801 just one year after it had become the nation's capitol.
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for more than a hundred years, inauguration day fell on march 4th to give the incoming chief executives time to plan their presidencies. that changed for franklin delano roosevelt's first term of office with the passage of the amendment. president and the vice president shall end at noon on the 20th day of january. the move prevented a lame duck presidency and allowed the incoming president to move quickly. president obama will take part in a private oath tomorrow. it's just the second time an inauguration has fallen on a sunday. a traditional public inauguration will take place monday, but in reality, his second term will already have begun. since martin van buren and andrew jackson traveled by carriage in 1887 it's become tradition for the president to
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escort the president elect from the white house to the capitol for the white house ceremony. while that happened four years ago, it won't be the case monday as the president becomes the 21st president inaugurated to a second term. it will be hard to match the euphoria of four years ago as barack obama walked through the capital, nearly 2 million people anxiously stood by to witness history. >> so help me god. >> congratulations, mr. president. >> with the completion of the oath, the new president is greeted with the traditional 21-gun salute hail to the chief, and the majesty and responsibility of the most powerful office on earth. a presidential inauguration can set the tone for an entire four-year term with consequences that make an indelible mark on history. so let's take a look at some of the most consequential inaugurations of the past with the help of presidential historian and cbs consultant
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douglas brinkley. welcome. >> thank you. this is very inspiring. >> it is inspiring. the whole backdrop is inspiring when you see it live in person. what do you think? how much of a harbinger are the things to come with what the president gives. >> i think the mastercraft and states craft is the second inauguration. you don't hear much about it but it was 1937. the first one was we have nothing to fear but fear itself. here he's in a wheelchair with powe owe and we're in the middle of the great depression. the second one, the numbers improved but we were still in a depression. he gave a marvelous speech one president obama might pay attention to. it talks about nobody is happy in america if the middle class is suffering and we need to be a country of individuals but we also need to work as a
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collective whole. >> one of the most important ones on your list is president lincoln's inaugural speech in 1861. it was actually a pretty tense time, right? we were about to go into civil war. >> both of them. the first one, he got elected in 1860. he didn't have the majority of the people behind him. we were on the eve of the civil war. where the airport is that's where the battle of bull run took place. there may be bullets flying it was that tense. by the time of the second inaugural inaugural, the war was near over and that's when he gave the famous speech with malice toward none fairness to all. and frederick douglass was standing there listening to this and later lincoln said to douglas, you're the only person i care what did you think of the speech. he said it was wonderful, mr. president. and douglas more and more was starting to understand we were going to build a museum in a
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couple of years and douglas's home was in anacostia. it was quite interesting. teddy roosevelt often cited from 1901 in september just after mckinley had been assassinated. how much did that set the tone for the rest of his presidency? >> it's interesting. sometimes we have inaugurals when we don't want them. most famous dallas, right? lyndon johnson is getting sworn in on air force one. roosevelt had to go to a house in buffalo. there's one where mckinley died and one where roosevelt was sworn in and he kind ofmbled through it all, yeah i got the oath. so he didn't have his hand on the bible. he said a few words, but he became president. it reminds us that things are sometimes haphazard at inaugurations. we don't get to pre plain like we do for this one.
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>> president obama's first inauguration drew record crowds. how do you think it will be remembered? >> i have kids who have the place mat and on it you have presidents on it. it's all white faces and now you have the first african-american. man, was that historic. you had people pouring in here electricity in the air. it didn't matter what the speech was that year. it was about the atmospherics. this time around i think the speech the president gives is going to be more important. they're having less balls, less crowds, more enthusiasm. he can make up for that by having words that may some day be carved in marble. >> douglas brinkley. thanks appreciate it. nice to see you. >> nice to see you. >> and now for a closer look at your weekend weather.
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up next, we remember the reverend martin luther king jr. whose memorial stands not far from here and whose legacy is being honored here. we'll ask dr. king's son about his influence on president obama. you're watching "cbs this morning saturday." the spiraling pace of change allows us to contemplate within our own lifetime advances that once could have taken centuries. in throwing wide the horizons of space, we have discovered new horizons on earth. ... your doctor will say get smart about your weight. i tried weight loss plans... but their shakes aren't always made for people with diabetes. that's why there's glucerna hunger smart shakes. they have carb steady, with carbs that digest slowly to help minimize blood sugar spikes. and they have six grams of sugars. with fifteen grams of protein to help manage hunger... look who's getting smart about her weight. [ male announcer ] glucerna
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the reverend martin luther king jr. had a profound impact on our nation and its history. his example is the central theme of president obama's second inauguration. the auctioninauguration falls on martin luther king day. >> so he's calling on all americans to honor him with day of service to others. joining us now is martin luther
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king iii. good morning and thanks for being with us. >> thank you. >> this inauguration day is being dedicated to your father and the service, the march on washington. what does that mean to your family? >> it is huge. it is huge for our nation. it is huge for our family. perhaps more than anything else though, on this day of service we really are truly reminded -- and i should say this weekend. hundreds of thousands of americans will engage in service projects today and the hope is we don't just do it today and this weekend but throughout the year so that we can make america a better nation. >> in addition to a number of events and historical events all coinciding with this inauguration, your father's bible, the one that he used to put together his first sermon will be one of the two bibles. the other from lincoln that president obama is sworn in on. what do you think that would mean to your dad?
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>> well, you know i think dad would certainly -- it would be an extraordinary honor. an extraordinary honor to our family. but then the hope is the president, the congress and the nation derive inspiration as he did from this bible that is tattered and worn as it will bemonday that he traveled around the nation with and pulled out quite often. >> this was his traveling bible, which he actually used to preach unity, which i think they could use a little more around here. >> that's certainly one of the hopes, one of the greatest hopes. >> do you think that's something that can happen in this particular environment? >> oh, absolutely. i mean you know what we realize is we as a nation are some of the greatest people on the planet, but it happens unfortunately during crisis. we come together work things out, we roll up our sleeves
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whether there's a tsunami, hurricane, tornado, whatever, quake. the tragedy in newtown, the worst tragedy we've seen in our lives of little children being gunned down. we come together as a nation with the best being shown. somehow if we could keep that spirit without crisis, wow, we'd be an incredible nation. >> we're not far from the reflecting pool and we heard the words of the march on washington and the speech your father gave. what do you think about that? >> the memorial or the -- >> both actually. >> what -- you know it's all interestingly tied in, and this is what's wonderful. this year the 50th anniversary of the emancipation proclamation and the poor people's proclamation. he was trying to put together all walks of life to say let's clear the climate really for a
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decent way for all people. 4r5 years later we're still there and then as you said the 50th anniversary of the march in washington. there's so much going on. this is a monumental year not just for the movement but for our nation because of all of these different anniversaries that will take place. >> all right. martin luther king iii. thank you so much for being with us this morning. >> thank you. coming up next what president obama can learn from great inaugural speeches of the past. you're watching "cbs this morning saturday." >> to the new america we must be bold. we must do what no generation has had to do before. we must invest more in our own people in their jobs and in their future and at the same time, cut our massive debt. ou have migraines with fifteen or more headache days a month, you miss out on your life. you may have chronic migraine. go to mychronicmigraine.com to find a headache specialist. and don't live a maybe life. [ female announcer ] she did a full day at the office went home and fed
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♪ one of the most important moments of barack obama's presidency comes monday afternoon when he delivers his second inaugural address. back in 2009 he called for setting aside washington's
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political squabbles and working together to improve the lives of all americans. well, we know how that worked out. so what should president obama say this time? let's speak with jeff. good morning. west wing writer. excuse me for not getting that in. we talked about the atmosphere hope, promise, and 1.8 million americans in washington. what does the president have do this time? >> well, i think he has to rally people against his cause. he has to know what that is? we have a sense of what the legislative priorities are. we know he wants do something about guns in the process of that and do something about our debt, but beyond that, what fundamentally is he here to do? this is a speech that's supposed to aspire to that level. >> when you talk about discussions some of the things he wants to accomplish, those things in themselves can be
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divisive and the speech is sort of the create unity and vision to get on board with how far can he go without getting in trouble? >> i wouldn't suggest he go into the weeds, not in this speechlt but he shouldn't be afraid of saying something a little edgy of saying something not everybody's going to be happy with. this is the trap. this is the problem. they talk about freedom, democracy. we all love those things. but presidents who have been unafraid to make an argument to make a case for something, president roosevelt, ronald reagan in 1981 in his first inaugural, they were unafraid. they said a number of things that not every american would agree with and as a result people had a clear sense of who they were and where they wanted to lead us. >> how much work goes into this speech? >> i think this is a speech that's clearly unlike any other,
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and it may well be that president obama or other presidents go into it with a very clear understanding of what they want to do, but rarely will every line be scrutinized in a way that an inaugural address will be. >> you had some favorites and you mentioned roosevelt as one of them. let's take a listen. >> nameless unreasoning, unjustified terror which parolizes needed efforts to convert retreats. >> you mentioned how important the lines are. jfk had a line. ask not what your country can do for you. ask what you can do for your country. what might be the line or the idea or the context of the line in obama's speech president obama's speech. >> maybe i'll talk about the context. if i had the laptop and a cup of coffee, i might be able to work something out. with respect to the tone in this
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moment, i think president obama needs to be strong. i don't think he needs to be sharp in tone. you should never be sharp or divisive in the way that you speak at an inaugural address, but i think he needs to be clear that he's willing to stand up for what he believes and that he's willing to stand up for the people who work in the building that will be behind him, the building that's behind us right now when he delivers the speech that we want to know he has certain nonnegotiables. he doesn't have to spell them all out but he has to convey the sense that he's willing to fight. >> thank you. up next what did president obama do 836 times durs his term and how many of the 50 states did he visit? we'll tell you. you're watching "cbs this morning saturday." the usual, bob? not today. [ male announcer ] bob has afib: atrial fibrillation not caused by a heart valve problem a condition that puts him at greater risk for a stroke. [ gps ] turn left. i don't think so.
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he's signed 654 bills held 19 cabinets. delivered 438 interviews. 8 national addresses. 836 trips aboard air force one visited 44 of the states and visited 56 nights on the town. thanks to mike nolar for compiling these numbers. >> and mark probably tweeted about 4,000 times to each of those events. he's a great twitterer, so follow him. >> richard blanco is the first latino poet to come men trait the president's inauguration. john f. kennedy was the first to include a poet in his inauguration ceremony and he chose robert frost in 1961. >> the land was ours before we were the land. she was our land more than 100 years before we were her people.
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welcome to "cbs this morning saturday," in washington this inauguration weekend. i'm anthony mason. >> and i'm rebecca jarvis. coming up, he's covered every inauguration since rbj. >> then inauguration time used to be the big washington party scene but something has happened to the d.c. social world. veteran washington insider sally quinn explains all. and they've grown before our eyes and they'll be spending another four years in the
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national spotlight. what it's like growing up in the white house. but first this morning's top headlines. day four of the hostage crisis at a remote gas production plant in algeria. at has been killed. there are conflicting accounts of how many people are still being held captive. this morning algerian forces discovered 15 bodies at the burned plant. there was an attack of the convoy of militants on thursday. they're letting pharmaceutical companies distribute additional dosages to slow the flu outbreak. above average flu activity has been reported in all states except hawaii and tennessee. at least 29 deaths are blamed on the outbreak. many were the elderly. the cdc says it's not too late to get a flu shot. aviation experts believe batteries burned on two 787s
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dickerson. nice to have you with us. >> great to be here with you. nice picnic spot. >> it's lovely. there's a lot to be done after all of this ends and the excitement is over. one of the things that president obama's focus has turned to now is gun violence and i wonder is that going to be the new health care? is that going to be the crux of what he needs to accomplish in the second term and wants to? >> there was some doubt initially about the president's commitment to this issue but now we've seen, i'm going to put everything into this. that doesn't mean just legislatively. there are a variety of things that are trying to go through congress but his aides say he's going to take it to the country, travel on this issue, be talking about it in his state of the union. it's a big agenda. but he has other big issues they want to take on because they realize the clock is ticking. that including immigration and climate change. he's got a lot coming out at the beginning here. >> we talked about it this morning and you and i, we've all talked about this before. it's essentially the same
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congress as he had before. technically do you think he's making a mistake here, you know in terms of setting the mood confrontationally right out of the gate? >> here's the thing. we heard it earlier this week. confrontation has to be the order of the day. he's tried to work with republicans. atz he said, i could have more parties with them but it doesn't change the way they behave. he's made a calculation that republicans are not going to be moved so they have to be pressured. it will be interesting to see the juxtaposition between his inaugural speech that will be a kind of "let's all come together" and his strategy i'm going to make hard confrontational approaches and hopefully that gets through because what happened in the past didn't work. >> it might actually be beyond confrontation within the party. what i'm saying is it may actually be confrontation within his own party and democrats in certain states where it's not going to fly. >> here's what i'd watch for. you're exactly right.
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look at the senate. senate in democrat states where it's not full of democratic voters. there are those who will have to take tough votes on the gun legislation, on immigration, on climate change and they may balk there president and that will be tough. if he's got his own democrats pushing against him, that's a hard argument to make. >> it seems like you're talking about a different strategy for the president. he's looking at things differently. >> absolutely. it's more of experience and basically the clock ticking so fast because he knows that with the elections in 2014 coming up that republicans, if they weren't already in a mood they're not in a mood to negotiate, period but they worry about primary challenges in their own elections are really not going to be in the mood to cooperate. so given that he faces that this is where the new confrontational approach comes from. >> is it ultimately a bad thick
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for immigration if gun control plays the biggest in the debate going forward? >> it's a question of whether -- let's say -- a big gun control debate sours with him on immigration. i think the reason it might not happen is a lot of them feel a real desire and push to get immigration through because they saw what happened in the last election. they can no longer win elections based on votes of white voters and minorities. >> john dickerson. thanks, john. when it comes to memories few journalists can match bob schieffer. he's cbs chief correspondent and host of "face the nation" and he hasn't missed a presidential inauguration in nearly 50 years. >> naturally we wanted to hear from our very own witness and recently i sat down with him on "face the nation." >> bob this is going to be your 13th inauguration? >> i think so.
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>> you get excited? >> i really do. there's nothing like it. it's all out in front of you, everything as a country, what we stand for, it's an affirmation. most of all, it is an example of what this country is and that we are, first of all, a nation of laws. >> right. >> i mean the appointed hour comes and the old president leaves, the new president comes in, there's never any question about it they don't have to use guns. there's never any doubt. that doesn't happen in a lot of places in the world. >> i don't think it happens in most places in the world. >> and to me that's the most wonderful part of it. >> yeah. your first inauguration was 1965. >> yes. >> lyndon johnson. >> uh-huh. >> what brought you to the inauguration then? >> i was the reporter for fort star telegram. lindinynnindin johnson was from texas. my mother worked in precinct politics and someone said would you like to have some tickets to
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the inauguration, so we came and it was a wonderful time. >> what do you remember about it most? >> well just seeing washington really, and seeing -- everything seemed bigger than life. the buildings seemed bigger than any buildings i had ever seen before, the capitol, and the politicians. just seeing them. somehow i felt like i was in the land of the giants. sometimes i don't feel that way anymore, but i still love washington. >> and actually things were probably a lot smaller in terms of the scale. >> not in terms of the politicians. >> 1969 you were -- at that point you were almost at cbs but not quite. >> yeah. i had left the "fort worth-star telegram". i had come here. i had beenhired by the television station and my first assignment, my first washington story was to cover the inauguration of richard nixon. now, i didn't get the key assignment. i got assigned to cover a
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protest group called the yippise led by someone named abby hoffman. what they did was they decided to inaugurate a pig in protest of nixon being elected. so they had this little ceremony down at the washington monument. it was raining. they got the big outpig out. you know what happened next. the pig got loose and we spent hours chasing this pig around in the mud. >> it was a unique experience. >> it really was. >> what do you remember about jimmy carter's inauguration? >> that he walked. you know jimmy carter his whole deal was he was every man, a man of the people. he insisted on carrying his own hanging bag with his clothes in it when he'd get off the airplane charter. and so he decided to walk a good part of the way up pennsylvania avenue and so he did. >> then cameron ronald reagan with
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who changed everything around. >> yeah. and they had these hostages that they refused to release until ronald reagan took the oath. when he took the oath it came over the air that they had released these americans. >> right. >> some 30 minutes ago the planes bearing our prisoners left iranian airspace and are now free. >> inaugurations are the time where you get a look into the future. you know you're reminded of the past and all the traditions and all that. but what you hear at the inauguration does not always accurately forecast what you're going to see in the years -- in the years that follow. i mean i don't think we heard very much in george bush's first
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inaugural speech about the threat of terrorists and yet that dominated the eight years of his presidency. actually the mood four years ago when president obama was first inaugurated didn't play itself out really did it? >> no. but, you know i must say of all the inaugurations that i have seen, obama's inauguration was the one that i'll probably remember. i mean most of all -- i mean here -- i mean it was truly historic. you had the first african-american elected president. he had campaigned on this -- on this campaign of hope of "yes we can." and to be up there on capitol hill and to look down the mall and to see literally millions of people out there, it is the largest crowd ever assembled in washington in the history of this capitol. and to see this great mass of
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people. and there was a spirit of hope. maybe it didn't last very long. but for one brief shining moment, there it was. and you kind of saw, i think in some ways america at its best in that moment. >> bob schieffer thanks very much. >> you bet. >> and bob will have much more on this year's presidential inauguration on "face the nation" tomorrow morning at 10:00 eastern time. coming up the social life isn't what it seems to be. >> you can ask me anything. >> how are we doing a that point? >> hard to say. so far it's your first typical date. >> and i want to be different from the other guys. >> we'll tell you what's changed and why. you're watching "cbs this morning saturday." america has never been united by blo or
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soil. we're bound by ideals that are moved beyond our backgrounds, lift us above our interests, and teach us what it means to be citizens.
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ball on monday night, two inaugural balls. but that's a far cry from the balls of the past. joining us now, someone who knows those balls very well sally quinn. goo to have you. >> good to be here. >> back in '09, it was ten. now two. why the changes? is it the economy or something else? >> i think a lot of it has to do with the economy and the fact that it's a second inauguration and most people don't have the same excitement about it.
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but it is 40,000 people. >> sure. >> and it's going to be a crush, i can only tell you that. and if you get a peanut or a pretzel pretzel, you're really lucky. >> when the obamas came to washington, a lot of people thought it was going to be the second coming of cam aelot a swirling around him. did that happen? >> they were really expecting excitement and they were expecting to see the obamas around town and to be invited to the white house and all that. no, it has not happened. somebody was asking me what the social life was like in washington, and i said well, there is no social life in washington. it's like little tiny dutchies all over the city where people have their own little friends and they see each other, but there's no kind of expansive social life that revolves around the white house. >> is that unusual?
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>> yes. it's gotten more like that. but george bush jr., w. they entertained quite a bit. they often went out. he was famous for going to bebed at 9:30, but hethey did go out. the obamas don't entertain. very few have been to the white house and they don't go out. they don't accept invitations outside of the white house except for their very small inner circle. >> how does the city feel about that? from everything i heard things don't get done in the building behind us. they're getting done at these parties because people have these camaraderies they establish from going out together. >> you know, people will always say the washington social scene is so frivolous. but the fact is there's a lot of business that does get done in the evening. you know when you sit across the table from somebody and you have a glass of wine and you eat a meal and you talk about your
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family and your children and your personal life you can't help but have some sort of connect connection with that person because that's a real human being now. it's not just somebody over there who disagrees with me. that makes a huge difference. >> sally, are republicans upset about this or both? >> both. actually democrats are more upset because it's a democratic administration, and so the democrats ss expect to be folded in and invited and part of the economy. so when they're not, they get more upset. the republicans don't expect to be included but the democrats do. when the clintons were in the white house, they were actually criticized for overentertaining. they would have tents on the lawn with 700 or 800 people and they were having people all over the place and every day they were going out. enough. >> it was a different world. sally quinn, thank you.
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juror few people . very few people know the blessings and burdens of spending their formative years in the white house. among them of course, are 11-year-old sasha and 14-year-old malia obama who spent eight years growing up at the white house by the end of their father's second term. hearing their thought their future may be like. he's the awe thof of kids in the white house "all the presidents' children." good to have you with us. >> thank you. >> by the end of this sasha and malia will have spent eight years in the white house. >> wow. >> it is a wow for them. what is life like for them right now? >> it always depends on the presidency and their parenting style and what's going on in the
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country. the vietnam war, that was tough. but i think they're going to look back on these as great years. you just had sally quinn on the set saying how the obamas don't go out to parties. that's the key to the life of sasha and malia. they have their mom and dad at home. >> in the white house. >> whether you live in the white house or the slum your childhood is good or bad, depending on if mom and dad are there. and most presidents are too busy and too indulgent in history. >> i was surprised to hear you say in the interviews of those who grew up in the white house, most of them say it was the best time of their lives. >> even for the adult families like the fords and the carters, they were together all the time. i said steesh you lived out in wyoming. he said they'd send the jet out on the weekend and bring us all together. that's the key. most of these families had been separated all their lives.
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they only came together in the white house. the obamas have always been together. >> what their life might be like in the future? >> yes. interesting. chel chelsea clinton was 8 years old, amy carter was 12 years old. they're siblings. that makes a big difference and they have their grandmother. >> the obama girls are soon going to be of dating age and mrs. obama said she's going to let them go out. is that going to be a challenge? >> it's going to be a but the challenge is going to be who. all through history, even before the public, first lady, that's the question. when there's power, who do you let into the circle? >> all through history, many presidential children married
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their cousins and when they don't mair their cousins they mair a military attaché or a member of the white house staff. the first one was jenna bush a member of the president's staff. the difficulty is the small pool to fish from, who will they meet. and i do think you're going to see more camp david. malia and sasha don't especially like camp david. now that they've become teenagers, they'll watch. they'll find the woods of camp david better than the halls of the white house. >> you can imagine the pressure that any white house child is under and the idea that they're overshadowed by this famous father of theirs. what's the future hold for these two young ladies? >> yeah. the presidential children -- it's feast or famine. they have either great lives, successful lives or a lot of tragedy too. but their lives will always be overshadowed. if you told your mom, tonight i'm going to out to eat with a best-selling author or artist or
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it's an important part of anyone's weekend here in washington, d.c. deciding which inaugural souvenir to bring home. is your family waiting on something, anthony? >> i'm going to have to grab something on my way to the airport, i think. >> i look forward to seeing what you choose. here's a look at the official inaugural schedule. it begins at 8:15 sunday morning with vice president biden's official swearing in at his residence at the naval observatory and then president obama will be sworn in in the blue room at the white house. >> on monday just before noon comes the ceremonial swearing in on the steps of the capitol followed by his second inaugural address. at 2:30 in the afternoon the president will review the troops and the parties will begin at
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6:00 p.m. >> lots of parties. welcome back to "cbs this morning saturday." i'm rebecca jarvis. >> and i'm anthony mason. coming up we'll meet the man who's announced every inaugural parade since president eisenhower and smokey robinson will talk about his moments, his music and memories of martin luther king jr. first we want to take you inside the obama white house courtesy of the staff photographer. he has won plenty of awards for his photographic artistry, but being assigned to president obama for the past four years may be the greatest honor of all and he's here this morning with some of his favorite shots. nice to have you with us. good morning. >> good morning. >> this sun would have ruined all of your shots. we're making concessions here on set but we're thrilled to have you with us. >> glad to be here. >> we want to take a look at one of your first shots. president obama's 2009 swearing-in ceremony. what was the mood like that day?
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>> it was celebratory, it was elated, it was exciting. it was 2.1 million people here on the mall. and to be a witness to that was a very special honor. what was happening here? >> this was -- prime minister cameron had come to visit the white house. both leaders were young, popular, with young children and young families. a lot of attention was paid to the visit. it was in springtime and in getting images we're always looking for a way to photograph a familiar scene but in a different way. so finding an angle underneath one of flowering trees, the two leaders, was an attempt at that and successful with that. >> nice contrast with the flowers there. the next picture we look at is president obama signing the bill. >> yes. this was the health care bill.
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>> yes. >> this was a very monumental piece of legislation for him and for the democrats, and it was, again, an amazing moment to witness as a photographer and as a person. >> my favorite one is of the president doing pushups. what was going on there? >> that was during the -- during the easter egg roll every year on the south lawn of the white house, the president will get out and roll a few easter eggs and start a few festivities. after that he'll move down to the white house tennis kortz that's been converted to the basketball court and members of the harlem globetrotters were there and every time you missed a shot you had to do some pushups. >> how many did he do that day? >> i know he did more than ten. i don't know how that was related to the number of shots he missed but he did a few pushups. >> we have a picture of president obama walking down the court thatcorridor that i know you
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love. >> i do. it's a cross hall that connects the east room with the state dining room and we're allowed to put remote cameras near the ceiling of the cross hall showing the president coming and going from press conferences and other events. that particular image was made with a remote camera. it's getwork until we see it that it's a great shot. u love that picture. we have a picture of the president with his tie. what's happening there? >> this was earlier this -- earlier in 2012 there was an event on the south lawn where he believe, olympic athletes, and he was headed back to the oval office from the south lawn and we're always -- we have to stay on point at all times, and whenever the president's present, we want to keep him in our cameras. the wind picked up his tie, lifted it, flaw it over his
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shoulder and made for an interesting and humorous photograph. >> i'm sure it can be difficult. >> it is. all politicians are very conscientious of their images and the way they play and photographs on television. so to try to find a moment where they are -- where their personal shines through sometimes can be difficult. that's what we're always looking for. >> you've got some very real ones. thanks so much. thank you for joining us. >> you'rwelcome. thank you for having me. >> time for one final check of the weather. here's a closer look for your weekend. up next, he was the announcer at dwight eisenhower's parade 50 years ago and he's had
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very official. when it comes to being a part of inauguration day history, it's unlikely anyone can top charlie brotman. he's announced every single inaugural parade since 1957 when president dwight d. eisenhower was sworn in for his second term, and at the age of 85 he'll be back at the mike for president obama's second inauguration. charlie, we want to welcome you to "cbs this morning saturday." >> i started when i was 3, so you'll understand i'm not so old. >> exactly. that was in 1949. >> exactly. >> before when you were in broadcasting school with truman. >> my first was truman. i was a student at an announcing school, and that was the first inaugural parade that was on television, so they needed some cheap announcers, and we were that. >> do you remember what you got paid for that? >> never, nothing. in fact, i have never received a penny. i would pay them to let me do this. >> you had a break a little bit
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after the first inauguration. >> yes. >> you were the anunser for the washington senators? >> that's correct. >> first in peace, last in the american league. >> a true senators fan. how did you go from the senators back to the inauguration? >> what happened was in 1956 as the announcer, i introduced president eisenhower throwing out the first ball. we were buddies for about ten minutes. i introduced him to the players. i thought that was nice one day of fame. and then all of a sudden it's now november of 1956 and i get a call from a lady who says are you charles brotman. yes, ma'am. did you introduce the president? yeah. well, you must have impressed him because he wanted you to introduce him again. i said where and when? what an honor. >> she said on pennsylvania
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avenue in washington, d.c. and the when january 1957. i said i'm a native wash tonian. that's the inaugural parade. she looked me in the eye and said, yes, you'll be the president's announcer. >> what exactly is the job of the president's announcer? >> i'm the eyes and ears of the president. the president is street level. he can only literally see what's in front of him. i try to announce, "now matching to the presidential reviewing stand, it will be the united states marine corps band." meanwhile the president is now facing. he knows when to stand, when to salute, when to -- >> you're kind of giving him cues. >> i'm his play-by-play man, and it just so happens there's like a million people listening in. >> how do you prepare for this?
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>> i do. and what actually happens is when -- like kennedy was here and it's no computers. it was all index cards. and when he came in, this was a whole new group of young people who had never put on a parade much less a presidential parade so they're look at charlie brotman, see if he's still alive, see if he's around, see if he can give us hints. they finally contacted me. they want me to be the announcer but come down to the office because we want to pick your brains about how to put a parade on. >> quickly charlie, favorite parade. >> that would be reagan, 1981 because he brought half of hollywood to washington and it was so much fun seeing all these movie stars and celebrities. >> it's been so much fun having you, charlie brotman. thank you so much for being here. >> thank you for having me. >> best wishes on the parade.
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♪ if you feel like loving me if you've got the notion ♪ >> this really is a treat. our next guest will be performing at several events this long holiday weekend including the inaugural ball on monday night. known as one of legend's greatest singers and songwriters, rock and roll hall of fame and honor re. we welcome mr. smokey robinson. >> hi. >> it's so nice to have you here. >> it geesd to be here. >> this appearance is mores than a performance for you, isn't it? >> it is.
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i was at president obama's initial inauguration, you know so it was such a historical event, and so is this. i'm happy to be here. i've done a lot of things here in washington since he's been in office, and, you know also we're kind of celebrating martin luther king, and i had the honor of being involved with him and meeting him and knowing him. so this is wonderful. i'm happy to be here. >> march on washington 50 years ago. >> yes indeed. >> a lot of things are coinciding here. >> yeah. >> when you think about the significance of president obama's second inauguration martin luther king day, the march on washington all coming together, what do those things say to you and what do they mean to you? >> i regret the fact that dr. martin luther king did not live to see president obama elected and that he's not here to be involved in this because he initiated president obama being elected as far as i'm concerned. >> right.
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it couldn't have happened without him. >> no question about it. so i think that's the tie-in. >> what do you think if martin luther king was here today, what do you think his thoughts would be on the fact that president obama is now being inaugurated for a second time in this country? >> i know he would be elated. like i said it was his life's work. it was his dream. it was a part of his dream that he had about america. so i know that he would be absolutely elated about this. >> in terms of -- as you look at this, you went through the whole period. you lived through all that. >> yes. >> you look at these two moments as rebecca said coinciding here i mean what were you feeling back then when you were meeting martin luther king? >> oh i was young and i was up for it. i was very happy to be involved in that. it was like at last we're getting a chance to express ourselves and to say we're not going to take this any longer,
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the things we had to go through, not being able to stay in hotels or eat in restaurants or going to places we wanted to go and some people in the south couldn't drink at the same water fountains and the toilets were all separate and all that. it was a wonderful thing. i felt like a soldier. >> and the miracles had an impact on the civil rights movement to this point. >> thank you very much. i'd like to think so. i'd like to think motown itself motown music -- you know motown music broke down a lot of barriers and when we first started we had no idea we were going to make history and be involved in the things wet we broke down a lot of barriers because before that time white kids and black kids weren't even in the same areas dancing and listening to the same music and doing the things that they started to do after we came into being, so i'm very proud of that. >> speaking of motown there's a musical opening on broadway in the spring. you'll be a character in that
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musical because you had a huge role in the creation of motown and were at one time vice president of motown as well as singing and writing so mm of the hits that came out of there. is it going to be weird to see yourself portrayed on the stage? >> no. it's actually like a story of barry gordon's life. >> yeah. the founder of motown. >> the founder of motown. he's my best friend. i tell you, he had a venue -- >> a presentation. >> a vignette from the film. i think it's going to be absolutely wonderful. i think broadway needs it and i believe he's going to win some tonys from it. >> with some of your songs. >> i do. >> when you perform your songs, what are you going to perform this week? >> you know, i have no idea. i have my band my singers. we're going to wing it. whatever we feel that night we're going do it. we're going to have some fun.
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i'd like to say we're going to have a good time. >> i'd like to say we're having a good time with you. >> and i second that emotion. >> i was talking to charlie. i'm glad to be here anyway. >> thank you. >> thank you, smokey. don't go away we'll be right back with a special performance from the army's fife and drum corps. you're watching "cbs this morning saturday." >> i stand here today humbled by the task before us. grateful for the trust you've bestowed. mindful of the sacrifices of our ancestors. aww man. [ male announcer ] returns are easy with free pickup from the u.s. postal service. we'll even drop off boxes if you need them. visit usps.com pay, print and have it picked up for free. any time of year.
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we'll talk with condoleezza rice and john mccain and reggie love. all that and more monday at 7:00 a.m. on "cbs this morning." also on monday you don't want to miss cbs news coverage of president obama's second inauguration. it begins at 10:00 a.m. eastern, 9:00 central right here on cbs. tomorrow morning you don't want to miss my interview with warren buffett. he'll talk about where he sees the country going. we leave you with the old guard army fife and drum corps. they'll sev as president obama's official parade. >> bye-bye, everybody have a great weekend. >> thanks for being with us. ♪
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